Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-30

Nrf fNp devil HIS W'Nt'NN
.r,,r N history. and it Is quite certain
I'm, many generations OF u ioreI'therS
T.rI him I'M greater " than they dld
e,,n the supreme Being.
Crf,l.o has no doubt It's devil, however
-,r,,. DISGUISE or other. In some
u" III, IN. ~ j., not considered proper TO-
- hy name the being thati Is worship
- ,rI there may be- some such uneon-
,,s tiShion prevalent in our midst. In
-. ..rp,aIdsby Legends there Is a piece
er,i,lrl "Eli~in. the Devil. y young
MAN j., anxious 10 sc the evil iace To
Grr and adiuccs m old gray man to sum
r,r hmm. which at length he consents TO
u..ruN tH. mystic circles hound
&c.. .-Fr IrI rug>~. bones fenced around,
r..-I..ir rl many H>lgll there,
d. ~...-.rn. many a backward prayer
|.at ~ruuIvl like "A curse.
.G...n,> ag cried. with wild grimarc,
.... ,.."r.r u. NU1'lypu> race.
I... no ,,-grt.ri pupils ttcr
U..ut-.r~ An empty puT>'.
Tb,rI,a devil that certainly most OF us
.,,Yl i1 terror ot. The poet Shelley had
s,mr opinions on the subject which may
rbaw light on it. lie says:
Tia. Devil. { safely rau aver,
lin, n..,n-r tail NOR hnui nor sting:
,.-. . BE-. Us >HuEr >tsr> swear.
,a-.r. neither here Uor there
r.rsntag. yet in everything.
H. vrr. We a-,. Tor sometimes
E...t.... E~a GeufirulIu,
t,.....>a .aul htrrrrIUg rhymes
H.-..N u statesman spinning crimes
N-,lufIr~ living as hr rtu.
Literature tells OF him IN many shapes
and dresses. You may read about the
DEVIL boots. fiddle. trili>, diary. confession,
J.rIrm. Christmas gill, Kitchen, ladder,
nlnrl bowl and All thcrr>t. Without tres
rs,-iur ON Holy Writ. by tar the grandeSt
rop~rpllou OF q devil is Millions. lie Is
really the hero oi Paradise Lost Bet
,rr ,n rri.n i'm hell than serve in heaven
j., his motto. he Is the leader ol - mag
niirrnt opposition. When he left his post
of arrhan-rl he carried with him a third
OF tine heavenly hosts. There l. 4 grand
description OF him:
THIS, -.lu. ...,-u tp his nearest mate
Wr. .... Er.tr.tl .l'-ryn the waves. ami eyes
MI -~...-s..rs h-.srI. Or, other parts .cSidrS
l....r rn. ..aHl. extended long aud large,
.u .a..us uuuy q rru'l.
While Milton sets himself to the task of
describing the ruined archangel 1t the
time of the creation, warning with the Al
mr.hty. or. IN pursuit OF u gigantic scheme
Of revenge. travelling from star Ia star,
,,ur,hr luuiS Faust represents the spirit
o.. evil Us he existed 5000 years later, no
longer g..,rl with the sane powers Of loco
MOTION or struggling Tor admission into this
plrt Of the universe. hut plying his bust
les, in crowded cities. MephiStophelsS is
% philosophical ryuic.
], Wis rather a convenient belief that
grrl people used 10 have in the devil. 1t
relieved them ct the burden ct response
hlfy they must otherwise have borne.
Eltl.r no his HudibrlS says:
r-tl. temptation ut The devil
.aa. m.,a> aLI human action evil,
I.. 50 900, may iu Tine same thing by
t....rir. Iu sincerity,
A..a u.Uur mwu are tempted %
ts.#r 'Ir devils instance do.
There ,rcals 10 have ONE IA time, how
ever. when the loug-dycadcd being fell into
something very like contempt. 1t is very
rrmEhuh," that AZ M period a number Of
contemporary poets should have united in
maxim. iuu Of him. Shelley has already
been quoted, and We find Coleridge,
>rutHrv, Byron. Turns, and even the ge-
NAL Charles Iamb. V no ct course is not
mentioned Us 4 poet, taking the devils
nIur lu vain. EuruS. Indeed, seems TO
hl'r hal q Siud OF liking tor him who once
aUl h,cn addressed Is prince and Chiel OF
mlmy-taroncd powers, that led the I'M
h#FF|.l ~.v.rIrr. e. 60 - l., H. hsAl
"Ir>S 10 the D.iI' he l. exceedingly Ia
m.lar. although ne comedies:
'--, .,r.v power. amt great thy fame.
BIZ. S..uH auI noted Is thy name.
The concluding verse shows the exist
g".r "i q sympathetic pity rarely is ever
'".'rr exhibited toward the subject OF il.
" .-. gr vryI mld Nirkiehcu'.
'n. rA 4tHurht. an men
".., uIsHi-l IiuuI KEN
~'.| .lgu stake.
" HH" ro 'l.uk upu' yuur d,a
..E nr Your sake
What rr~>"S>rd the other poetS tn write
,m'>' simultaneously. ~ they did. is not
altogether easy to -rt ut. The one seems
L" haze inspired the other. and the devil i
""i" ID" central figure of their ,qulbs, and
H"' 4 Very dljuIiirl figure either. The
%. by q long way l. The DEVILS Walk"
''. following arr perhaps the hest verses:
' Pc m-ruua hrl 80 hr"lk Of dlv
'-N. " o.. h.r., Is GONE
snug .trlr I,r.s uU earth
'..~" .HN .~>t'yk gu,# on.
'"~-'. .' ami ov,- the dale.
H. Nur' oyer the plain.
81" .'. l"~l,'rvlrl De- switched his long
a''s""'.vman witches his cane.
All how them. Was tine Devil drcs.c,n
20" "a, rn his SUNDAYS best.
81 "E> rcd ami Dr., hrerchrs were hIle.
-... NS~ 20 hole where the tail came
".yu' hNyu- kiliura viper
s-r "..sHII| hGrl hy his own stable.
u+ ..E'. smiled to- i, put him in mind
''' a"i bis brother Abel.
nav a .'''agc wirh a double coach house
N'..l-"u %. g%rutlH'y.
..'il dtd grin. for his darling sin
'.' 'h". aps> humanity.
''''0 The river did glide, with wind and with
aAnE with Vas, ~ce}e-itv.
W,tI. ," looked wise, a. he saw how the
'." IL, own throat There " onotb 10 with q
'''> Ensl'n1s commercial prosperity.
2enl- burning face
Al saw With Cuu>rerrn,S,,
-. * in he'll his wgy I5jbc toll,
n T.. u'Nit thought IN 4 slight miSfske-
d general confederation
MI anom that time, for some reoson or
r.nr. >atln has been more or less in dis.
b5PT ''e, Perhaps it is that his children
isn,t got beyond his teaching, and there
n1r anything that they don't know. He
most likely be found lurking in
peDs. where no combination circus has
hen aTd' where no sound of chestnut
The ~T5es the chestnut teller; away in
cer,,fnIES oI Missouri or Arkansas but
tbav n, IN Chicago, if he has deyotees
IpjsaJT not frequently mention his name
star,Yi, Il those who use other names with
conSiIn emphasis frequently, are to he
tbey rgred follower of those Whose names
eo6di fSe, then u city Is in so hopefnI a
We s1nDal mat that the devil may after all
opposed to be still in existence. oniy